British Colony Public Auction # 143 - Day 2

unlisted (12) 1902 1d Commerce of New Zealand typeset surcharge in blue "NIUE \ TAHA PENI." SG Type 3 on Cowan paper, wmkd single-lined NZ and Star (SG Type 43), VARIETY - mixed perfs, with a horizontal official patch on the bottom reverse over perf 14 through design then reperfed 11 in bottom margin through patch, horizontal crease and slight staining under right corner, a fresh example of an uncommon variety, OG, HR, F-VF, with BPA...

55a, 55 (57a, 57) 1932 2d black and red-brown Double Maori Canoe, VARIETY - perf 14x13x13x13, unwmkd, on top stamp of top margin vertical pair, scarce undercatalogued variety that occurs on top marginal row of a few sheets (Vol. V, pg 459), fresh, well centered, some paper adhesion in margin, OG, NH, XF

55a, 55 (57a, 57) 1932 2d black and red-brown Double Maori Canoe, VARIETY - perf 14x13x13x13, unwmkd, on top stamp of top margin in block of four, scarce undercatalogued variety that occurs on top marginal row of a few sheets (Vol. V, pg 459), fresh, OG, NH, VF

193-207 (303-17) 1939 1¢-$5 Pictorials, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (15), OG, VLH, SUPERB

J25c (D42d) 1906 6¢ black and bistre-brown British Protectorate overprint further overprinted "Postage Due" horizontally at centre of stamp, VARIETY - perf 16, rare and quite undercatalogued, OG, VLH, F-VF

N15A-B (J16-17) 1942 1¢-2¢ Pictorials with WAR TAX overprint additionally with Japanese Occupation handstamp SG Type 1 in black, cplt (2), elusive, difficult, and undercatalogued, lightly canceled, VF

9 (84) 1915 10' grey and pink Kangaroo of Australia, Die II, wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A (SG Type W2) with top watermark line, overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." (SG Type 6a), perf 12, fresh bright colors, OG, HR, XF

12b (67c) 1915 1d carmine-red K George V of Australia overprinted "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS.", vertical strip of three SG Types 6 (a) (b) (c), all Die II, fresh bright color, OG, LH, F-VF

16 var (70b) 1915-16 4d chrome-yellow K George V of Australia overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." SG Type 6b, scarce Type b overprint, bright color, OG, HR, F-VF

27-28 (100-01) 1918 "One Penny" locally surcharged SG Type 10 on 5d brown K George V of Australia and on 1' green Kangaroo of Australia both overprinted "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS." (SG Types 6b and 6a), wmkd Wide Crown and Wide A SG Type W 2, OG, HR, F-VF

1-17 (1-17) 1925-29 ½d-20' K George V, wmkd Script CA, perf 12½, cplt (17), 2'6d with left sheet-margin, OG, NH, F-VF

56A (58a) 1956 1½a on 1½d green Q Elizabeth II of Great Britain, wmkd St. Edward's Crown, perf 14, surcharged "1½ ANNAS" (SG Type 3) in error on this watermark, most of the known copies emanated through Southern Stamp Services packet making division w discovered it while sorting out a shipment of mission mixture received from the Middle East, a very rare and difficult stamp, seldom seen and significantly undercatalogued, lightly canceled, F-...